All Alfred P. Sloan Quotes
- If you do it right 51 percent of the time you will end up a hero. End
- The business of business is business. Business
- Competition is the final price determinant and competitive prices may result in profits which force you to accept a rate of return less than you… Accept
- The greatest real thrill that life offers is to create, to construct, to develop something useful. Too often we fail to recognize and pay tribute… Construct
- The worst is over without a doubt. Doubt
- The final act of business judgment is intuitive. Act
- A car for every purse and purpose. Car
- Some have an idea that the reason we in this country discard things so readily is because we have so much. The facts are exactly… Better
- The late Alfred P. Sloan, Ir., long-time executive of General Motors Corporation, had a fivepoint "secret of success." It was: 1. Get the facts. 2.… Alfred
- I see no reason why 1931 should not be an extremely good year. Extremely
- Bedside manners are no substitute for the right diagnosis. Bedside
- There is no resting place for an enterprise in a competitive economy. Competitive
- If we are all in agreement on the decision - then I propose we postpone further discussion of this matter until our next meeting to… Agreement
- There has to be this pioneer, the individual who has the courage, the ambition to overcome the obstacles that always develop when one tries to… Always Develop